Hand-operated implement



Feb. 10, 1925v 1,525,440

J. W. CLEMENT HAND OPERATED IMPLEMENT Filed June 29, 1922 l/witness Patented Feb. 19, i925.

JESSE WORREN CLEMENT, OF DUCHESENE, UTAH.

HAND-OEEEATED IMPLEMENT.

Application filed June 29,

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat LJEssn W. CLEMENT, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Duohesne, in the county of Duchesne and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Operated Implements; andT. do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention", such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hand plows, Cultivators, weeders and. the like and has for one object to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive device, yet one. which may be very easily and advantageously operated.

Another object is to provide a novel construction whereby earth-working blades of different sizes and shapes may be readily applied whenever necessary.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a handoperated implement constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view as indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure at is a side elevation of one of the frame forming bars.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of one of the implement carrying standards and a weeding of vine-cutting blade carried thereby.

Figure 6 is a front view of the parts shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a supporting wheel having a suitable a-Xle 2. The ends of this axle pass through the intermediate portions of a pair of side bars 8 whose rear ends preferably incline in the manner shown and are cu"ved upwardly and forwardly as indicated at l. A pair of handles 5 are pivoted to the side bars 3 by means of bolts 6 which serve also to secure a spacing bar 7 between said bars 3, as shown in Fig. 2. Bolts 8 are passed through the handles 5 and through any of a. plurality of openings 9 formed in the bar ends 4, whereby the height of the handles may be adjusted as desired.

In front of the wheel 1, the side bars 1922. Serial No. 571,624.

3 are brought together into closely spaced parallel relation as indicated at 10 and are provided in their front ends with forwardly opening notches, 11. The bar portions lOmay well be held inrproper spaced relation. by a suitable spacer 12 and may. be secured against opposite sides thereof by means of a rivet or bolt 13. An implement-carrying standard l l is received between the notched front ends, of the bars 3 and is provided with oppositely extending. stubs 15 received removably in the notches 11, said standard being also provided withan arouate open-ended slot 16 concentric with the stubs 15 to receive a clamping bolt 1'? which extends through the bar ends, 10., When the bolt 17 is loosened, the standard 14: may be swung about the stubs 15 as pivots, thereby disengaging the slot 16 from said bolt 17 and permitting the standard 14 to be withdrawn forwardly from the notches 11, whereby another standard, carrying a blade of a different size and shape, may be substituted if desired. Furthermore, by loosening the bolt 17, it will be seen that the inclination of the standard may be varied to meet requirements, for instance depth of cut.

In the present showing, the lower end of the standard 14 carries a weeding and vinecutting blade 18 which extends in opposite directions therefrom and is sharpened on all edges as indicated at 19. This is particularly advantageous when it is necessary to inove the implement both forwardly and rearwardly during operation, as the blade will out both on its proceeding and receding strokes. Furthermore, by rocking the implement horizontally with the. wheel 1 as a fulcrum, it will be seen that the ends of the blade may be made to out. By having the blade in front of the wheel 1, the operator is enabled to work the soil close to hills or plants.

The blade 18 forms an efficient weeder and it will also be understood that it is of advantage in cutting numerous kinds of vines, for instance, beans. Moreover, this blade may be successfully used for instance as a carrot topper. In fact, the implement as a whole, when equipped with an appropriate set of different earth-working blades, may be used for a great number of gardening purposes.

Since excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they are preferably followed, but it is to be understood that within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a frame including a pair of bars having their forward ends disposed in closely spaced parallelism, the extren'iities oi said bars being provided with forwardly opening notches, and an implement-carrying standard arranged between the closely spaced portions of the bars and provided with trunnions reinovably received in said notches, said standard having an ar'cuate open-ended slot disposed in concentric relation with respect to said trunnions and said slot being engaged with a portion of said frame to permit adjusting of the standard or permitting it to be detached.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame including a pair of opposed bars having their forward ends disposed in closely spaced parallelism, the extremities of the outer ends of the bars being fiormed with notches opening through said ends, an

implement carrying standard disposed between the spaced parallel portions of the bars, said standard being provided with intermediate late-rally disposed trunnions reinovably seated in said notches to provide a fulcrum :tor the standard, the end of the standard adjacent said trunnion being provided with an elongated slot opening through the end, said slot being arcuate and substantially concentric with the trunnions, and a bolt passing through the closely spaced portions of the bars and slidably received in said slot.

3. In an implement of the class described, an implement carrying standard provided between its ends with right angularly disposed trunnions: adapted to form pivots, the upper end of said standard being directed downwardly and into substantial parallelism with the body portion and said downbent portion being provided with a slot opening through its free end. y

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

JESSE WORREN CLEMENT. 

